Two brothers – one passion. Carmine and Vinny Appice belong to the icons of rock and metal. Both drummers have a long history in music with Carmine being part of e.g. Ozzy Osbourne while his brother Vinny played with Dio, Black Sabbath and Heaven & Hell....

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Tag(s) : #Appice, #Vinny Appice, #Carmine Appice, #Heavy Metal, #Hardrock, #Rock, #Power Metal, #Classic Metal, #News

(8/10) The density of Dutch female-fronted metal bands is quite impressive and what is even more formidable is the quality level of each of these bands. One of the spearheads of symphonic Dutch metal is Epica, a band that’s around already since 2002....

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Tag(s) : #Epica, #Symphonic Metal, #Heavy Metal, #Power Metal, #News, #CD Review, #Nuclear Blast, #Melodic Metal, #Female-fronted Metal

Mastodon have been intensively on the road recently but also found some time to do a new 4-track EP. “Cold Dark Place will be released on September 22nd, followed by a 10” limited picture disc edition on October 27th. Three of the four songs are coming...

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Tag(s) : #Masstodon, #Heavy Metal, #Sludge, #Alternative Metal, #Modern Metal, #Rock, #Prog Metal, #Alternative Rock

Cyhra, a new band featuring former Amaranthe singer Jake E. and ex-In Flames guitarist Jesper Strömblad, have revealed details of their forthcoming debut album, ‘Letters To Myself’. Due for release on October 20th 2017, ‘Letters To Myself’ features plenty...

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Tag(s) : #Cyhra, #Modern Metal, #Modern Rock, #Rock, #Alternative Metal, #Alternative Rock, #News

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Tag(s) : #Artillery, #Onslaught, #Thrash Metal, #Speed Metal, #News, #Tour, #Live, #Metal Blade

(9/10) Black metal can be more than uninspired blastbeats, hoarsely screams and panda bear make-up. German extreme metal band Der Weg Einer Freiheit shows this in an impressive way, not only with their previous releases, but also, and even more, with...

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Tag(s) : #Der Weg Einer Freiheit, #Nikita Kamprad, #News, #Black Metal, #Dark Metal, #Prpgressive Black Metal, #Season Of Mist, #CD Review

(9/10) In the beginning of the new century traditional metal had a kind of comeback. Young and hungry metal bands re-vitalized a sound known from the 80's. Swedish powerhouse Portrait belonged to this group of band, releasing a first countable result...

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Tag(s) : #Portrait, #Heavy Metal, #News, #Metal Blade, #Power Metal, #Speed Metal, #NWoBHM, #Burn the World

(10/10) Wow. I can’t say much more than that when it comes to the newest Paradise Lost disc. Following the band over the last decades partly felt like a rollercoaster. Rooted in the early British death metal, the band included more and more gothic elements...

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Tag(s) : #Paradise Lost, #Nuclear Blast, #News, #CD Review, #Gothic, #Thrash Metal, #Heavy Metal, #Dark Metal, #Death Metal

(8/10) One of the most exciting newcomers over the last couple of years have been Swedish Dead Lord. The band from Stockholm, with Smaland roots, appeared on the scene in 2012 when Hakim Krim and Adam Lindmark moved to the Swedish capitol to start a new...

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Tag(s) : #Dead Lord, #Heavy Metal, #Classic Rock, #NWoBHM, #Hardrock, #News, #CD Review, #Century Media

(8/10) For no specific reason German metal outfit Die Apokalyotischen Reiter wasn't more than a dot on my metal radar. For one or another way I never went into depth when it comes to their records and their sound. Having heard in the meantime their newest...

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Tag(s) : #Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, #Heavy Metal, #Thrash Metal, #Death Metal, #Black Metal, #Folk Metal, #News, #CD Review, #Crossover, #Nuclear Blast, #Der rote Reiter

(6/10) "Don't give a fuck about your feature in that magazine", that's one line in Eskimo Callboy's title track "The Scene", showing a band that seems to be fueled with self-confidence. It is great that the guys know what they want, making their journey....

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Tag(s) : #Eskimo Callboy, #Metalcore, #Hardcore, #Trancecore, #News, #Century Media, #CD Review

(8/10) There is a longer tradition of German punk rock bands that cover a wider spectrum of this kind of music. One of the spearheads of German punk rock are definitely Die Toten Hosen. Next to these icons there were the fun punk bands of the late eighties...

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Tag(s) : #Dritte Wahl, #Dritte Wahl Records, #Punkrock, #Punk, #News, #CD Review, #Hardrock, #Rock, #10

SONS OF APOLLO (Introduction Pt.1). Pre-Order the upcoming album 'Psychotic Symphony' now: http://smarturl.it/SonsOfApolloPS SONS OF APOLLO (Introduction Pt.1). InsideOutMusic2017. SONS OF APOLLO, the highly anticipated new band featuring former Dream...

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Tag(s) : #Sons Of Apollo, #Prog Metal, #Prog Rock, #Heavy Metal, #News, #Video, #InsideOut, #Rock, #Mike Portnoy, #Billy Sheehan, #Derek Sherinian, #Bumblefoot, #Jeff Scott Soto

(8/10) Following a three years interval for releasing new albums means that fans can expect the band's ninth longplayer this year- and here it is. Recorded at Parlour Studio in the UK, with Russ Russell at the helm, "Strength of Numbers" became a brutal...

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Tag(s) : #The Haunted, #Death Metal, #Thrash Metal, #Speed Metal, #News, #Century Media, #CD Review, #Gothenburg, #At The Gates